Digital BW, The Print

Yes Michael, I don't see many photogs actually using their color charts in
the field and doing profiles for these types of shots.  Scientific is the
only type I can see it being critical unless the documentary is a science
based film.  And I like the way you said the color in snow and not the color
of snow. 

 

Eric Neilsen

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214-827-8301

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:20 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Printing Pictures of Snow

 

  



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> , "Craig Yorke"
<craig@...> wrote:
>
> Here is an excellent article on why ice and snow appear blue, 
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/blue-icebergs.shtml. In fact they

> are not blue but light that passes through them is blue. So looking at a 
> snowfield with peaks and crests, similar to looking at waves on the ocean,

> you will see light penetrating the snow caps and looking blue, because it
is 
> blue. Besides that is the fact that we think cold when we think blue so
blue 
> snow makes scientific and emotional sense.
> 
> Craig

If one is a scientific or documentary photographer, then it will be
important to capture the color in snow as it exists. But if you see yourself
as a fine artist (not meant to imply better or more noble) then you may be
inclined to print snow any way you see fit, whether warm, cold, colored,
tinted, or whatever. Granted, some may not care for your work, but its not
about them, is it? And those who find they do care for your work, you will
have made a connection at a very deep level that is infrequent and truly
special.





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